angels fishing rods

hello everyone last summer i saw these beautiful bright pink flowers angels fishing rods i went back in the autumn and collected the seed and sow them, they are now about 5cm and been potted on to seperate pots, what to do now? i have got them this far and would be upset to loose them, any advice would be really appreciated thanks :o)

10 Jun, 2009

Answers

Dierama of various species and hybrids etc. They should be grown on in deep pots until a reasonable size then planted in the garden. They are not that good in pots I find. They like a soil which gets plenty of summer moisture but which is dryer in winter. They like sun.

thankyou all for your swift reply that is very helpful i shall follow your advice and hope they will flower next summer, they can go around the mini pond i am making at the moment im sure they will look lovely there :o)

Dieramas can often take a few years to settle down and start flowering. They grow from a corm and are quite fussy that it is the right depth before flowering commences. You may get the depth right first time but if not, just leave them alone and eventually they will be happy and get on with flowering

and having found out what it is, they hate root disturbance - the book says they like sunny, sheltered situations, but need to be kept well watered in the summer, so make sure where you plant out is where you want them to stay.